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My name is Magnus Henry, family and friends call me Mac. I was born in Torrance California but when I was 7 our family moved to American Samoa. There I learned the Samoan way of life. I learned to speak samoan, grow bananas, taro and breadfruit.  Our family also raised pigs and chickens. After high school I followed my brothers and joined the US Army as a Blackhawk Helicopter mechanic and a crew chief. I have 3 sisters and 3 brothers. My oldest brother joined the Navy,  the 2nd brother joined the Air Force, my 3rd brother and I joined the Army.

I decided to become an MAI intern because of a referral from my cousin who also completed the MAI Program. Also because I love my country, I want to experience more of our forests and lakes and to help prevent and fight forest fires.  One of my favorite Samoan quotes “E lele le toloa ‘ae ma‘au ile vai.” which is translated as “The duck flies but returns to the water.”  So no matter which city or country I’ll go I’ll always want to return home. I’m excited to learn how to fight and prevent forest fires so that my kids and millions of younger generation will be able to experience more of nature not just during holidays but everyday.

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I am giving an indigo dye workshop at my studio in Trout Lake for the Mt. Adam’s Institute and Cascade Mountain School on Saturday, October 13 from 1-4:30pm and two spots have become available. 💙
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Today is world's environment day (I know all of those days are hard to follow). The theme this year was biodiversity which is a huge battle many conservationists face on a daily basis. It's the core idea of the project I am currently working on at Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Washington State. The Oregon spotted frog (shown in my last picture) is a threatened species that is losing habitat rapidly and has to compete with a variety of invasive species to survive. 

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